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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 8 | Part 1, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many baskets does Bessie Black Bull trade for an ax, ammunition, a hunting knife, and candy at Jim Thatcher's store?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. When the first frost arrives, Bessie examines the pine nuts, acorns, and fish they have and decides what?
(a) It was better with the corn grown in the fields.
(b) The white man's supplies were better.
(c) This is the way it should be.
(d) They needed to find additional food.

3. While en route to rendezvous with her husband, Bessie Black Bull and her son bathe in a ritual cleansing while singing what?
(a) A song for rain.
(b) A song for clean souls.
(c) A song to the sun rising.
(d) A song to the sunset.

4. Where do Bessie Black Bull and her son wait for two days to ensure that no one follows them en route to their rendezvous with her husband?
(a) The foot of Bald Mountain.
(b) The foot of Granite Peak.
(c) The foot of Grizzly Mountain.
(d) The foot of Horse Mountain.

5. What is the white man's idea of how the Utes should live?
(a) Raising chickens and turkeys.
(b) Raising hogs.
(c) Farming corn.
(d) Hunting and fishing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do George and Bessie Black Bull opt for when the white man's method of support fails?

2. George and Bessie Black Bull are compelled to work where for the white man?

3. In addition to warmth, why does Bessie Black Bull give her son a red blanket?

4. How does Tom Black Bull share part of his deer kill?

5. Twisted in spirit by first learning as a boy, then in young adulthood trying to kill memories and old influences, what happens to Tom?

(see the answer key)

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